NIGHTLIFE

TODAY

Lawrence

Beyond Blue with Lee McBee and Pat Nichols, 5:30 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass., 832-1085.

Metal School, 10 p.m., The Replay Lounge, 946 Mass., 749-7676.

The Spanktones Open Jam, 9 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass., 749-3320.

WEDNESDAY

Lawrence

Long Division, Evening Grey, 10 p.m., The Replay Lounge, 946 Mass., 749-7676.

Out House Splinter Boys, Deadman Flats, Ryan Hubener, 9 p.m., The Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second St., 856-4330.

The Americana Music Academy Jam, 7:30 p.m., Signs of Life, 722 Mass., 830-8030.

Billy Spears and the Beer Bellies, 6 p.m., Johnny’s Tavern, 401 N. Second St., 842-0377.

Kansas city

Chloe Day, 9 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 753-1909.

Billy Ebeling, 7 p.m., Jazz Louisiana Kitchen, 39th and State Line, Kansas city, Mo., (816) 531-5556.

The Rumbljetts, 7:30 p.m., Knuckleheads, 2700 Rochester Ave., Kansas City, Mo., (816) 483-6320.

THURSDAY

Lawrence

Davan, The Tanks, 10 p.m., The Replay Lounge, 946 Mass., 749-7676.

Floyd the Barber, 9:30 p.m., Pachamama’s, Eighth and New Hampshire, 841-0990.

Lethe, Back When, Battlefields, Samothrace, 10 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass., 832-1085.

The Tanks, 10 p.m., The Replay Lounge, 946 Mass., 749-7676.

Wobbly H, 9 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass., 842-1390.

John Weatherwax and the Junkyard Jazz Band, 7:30 p.m., American Legion, 3408 W. Sixth, 842-3415.

Rev’s Soul Review, 9 p.m., Limerance, 1520 Wakarusa, 842-5805.

Kansas city

Far From Finished, Flagship Rebels, All Sorts, Bullyrag, 8 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 531-1504.

Ken Lovern’s Organ Jazz Trio, 7 p.m., The Blue Room, 1600 E. 18th (18th and Vine), Kansas City, Mo., (816) 474-8463.

She Swings She Sways, Mikal Shapiro and Kasey Rausch, 8 p.m., Knuckleheads, 2715 Rochester, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 483-1456.

FRIDAY

Lawrence

Backfire, 9 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St., 749-2727.

The Yards, Volunteers, 10 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass., 832-1085.

Lance Fahey, 9 p.m., Stu’s Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa, 856-7887.

Kansas city

Flat Five Reunion Band, 8:30 p.m., The Blue Room, 1600 E. 18th (18th and Vine), Kansas City, Mo., (816) 474-8463.

Messiah Complex, Behold the Alliance, Abject Horror, 8 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 531-1504.

Studebaker John and the Hawks, Hambone, 8 p.m., Knuckleheads, 2715 Rochester, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 483-1456.

SATURDAY

Lawrence

Scott Schwein, 10 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass., 832-1085.

Floyd the Barber, 10 p.m., Limerance, 1520 Wakarusa Drive, 842-5805.

Spindown, 9 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third, 749-2727.

Kansas city

Alaadeen & Group 21, 8:30 p.m., The Blue Room, 1600 E. 18th (18th and Vine), Kansas City, Mo., (816) 474-8463.

Crush, Freaks On It, 3 Quarters Coma, 10 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 753-1909.

Elvis Birthday Bash: Tarry Westley, Jeff Bergen, Jack Jordan, Michael Dehghani, Cliff Payne, Jim Langley, Steve Bohall, 7 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 531-1504.

SUNDAY

Lawrence

Sunday Night Jazz, 10 p.m., The Eighth Street Tap Room, 801 N.H., 841-6918.

Dirty Boogie, 10 p.m., The Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second, 856-4330.

MISC.

WEDNESDAY

Lawrence

Drink and Draw! with Team Life, (comic, graphic and tattoo artists getting together), 9 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Mass., 832-1085.

Fresh Ink, spoken word and music, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass., 749-3320.

MUSEUMs

ONGOING

Lawrence

Clinton Lake Museum, Route 5, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday and by appointment, (785) 748-0800.

Exhibits: “Clinton Lake Communities: The First 20 Years, 1854-1874,” “Religion,” “The Underground Railroad,” “The J.C. Steele House,” ongoing.

Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Miss., KU, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursdays; and noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 864-4710.

Exhibit: Art Into Art: Inspired Responses, central court and galleries, through Dec. 31.

Exhibit: “Made in China,” North Balcony Gallery, through Feb. 4.

Topeka

Kansas Museum of History, 6425 S.W. Sixth Ave., (785) 272-8681. Hours: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday, (785) 272-8681.

Exhibit: Kansas History Center Nature Trail, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., ongoing.

Exhibit: “From Gems to Gimcracks, The Discovery Place,” hands-on gallery for children, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. daily.

LECOMPTON

Constitution Hall, 319 Elmore, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, (785) 887-6520.

Exhibit: Bleeding Kansas, Lecompton Constitution and Land Office, ongoing.

Democratic Headquarters and Bald Eagle River View Park, East Second Street. Hours: Dawn to dusk every day.

Exhibit: Restored 1850s stone cabin, first Lecompton residence, ongoing.

Territorial Capital Museum, downtown, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, (785) 887-6148.

OSKALOOSA

Old Jefferson Town, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday and Monday through November, (785) 863-2070.

Exhibit: Collection of vintage buildings, including John Steuart Curry boyhood home, a bow string bridge, wind wagon sculpture, windmill, bell tower and five acres of native grass and wildflowers, ongoing.

OTTAWA

Old Depot Museum, 135 W. Tecumseh, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, (785) 242-1250.

Exhibits: “Rails, Trails and Prairie Tales,” plus H-O model trains and period rooms; “Ottawa Newsreels 1937-1938-1939,” films.

Exhibit: Exaggerated postcards by William Harrison “Dad” Martin, ongoing.

Ottawa Community Arts Council, Carnegie Cultural Center, 501 S. Main, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, (785) 242-8478.

GALLERIES

FRIDAY

Topeka

Reception: “ART for the holidays: The Sequel,” 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Collective Art Gallery, 3121 S.W. Huntoon, (785) 232-4254.

ONGOING

Lawrence

Art and Design Gallery, Art and Design Building, KU, 864-3209. Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday. Gallery closed Saturdays and Holidays.

Art & Insight, 4828 Quail Crest Place, 840-5280. Call for appointment.

Exhibit: Libby Schmanke, pastel landscapes, purses and tote bags, ongoing.

ARTFRAMES, 912 Ill., 842-1991. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, or by appointment.

Exhibit: Paintings by Paul Hotvedt and Lisa Grossman, and prints by the Prairie Print Makers, ongoing.

Exhibit: Historic post cards from early 1900s, ongoing.

Back to the Garden, 619 N. Second. Hours: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

Exhibit: Metal sculpture by Steen Kjorlie, ongoing.

CornerBank, 4621 W. Sixth, 838-9400. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday.

Exhibit: “A Country Collection,” David Bracket, Don Stevanov, Strawberry Hill Christmas Tree Farm and Werner Wagon Works, through Jan. 6.

Diane’s Artisan Gallery, 801 1/2 Mass., 856-1155. Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.

Exhibit: Handblown glass by Peet Robison, of Lake Lotawana, Mo., ongoing.

Dole Institute of Politics, KU campus, 864-4900. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday.

Exhibit: A soaring stained-glass American flag, World Trade Center memorial and memory wall honoring World War II veterans from Kansas, ongoing.

La Prima Tazza Cafe, 638 Mass., 832-2233.

Exhibit: “People, Places and Things,” Lynn A. Metzger, through Jan. 31.

Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H., 843-7469. Hours: 9 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. during related performances.

Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833.

Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine.

Lawrence Visitor’s Center, Union Pacific Depot, 402 N. Second, 865-4499.

Limerance, 1520 Wakarusa, 842-5805. Hours: 8 a.m.-2 a.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Saturday-Sunday.

The Lied Center, KU campus, 864-2794.

Milton’s Coffee & Wine, 920 Mass.

Nova Cyber Cafe, 745 N.H., 841-3283. Hours: 7 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday.

Olive Gallery and Art Supply, 15 E. Eighth, 331-4114, www.oliveart.org. Hours: 11-6 p.m. daily.

Pachamama’s, Eighth and New Hampshire streets, 841-0990. Hours: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5 p.m.-midnight Tuesday-Sunday.

Exhibit: Tim Forcade and Deb Stavin, photography, through Jan. 7.

Phoenix Gallery, 919 Mass., 843-0080.

Roy’s Gallery, 1410 Kasold, 842-1554.

Signs of Life, 722 Mass., 830-8030. Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

Sacred Sword Store & Art Gallery, 732 Mass., 331-3929.

SilverWorks and More, 715 Mass., 842-1460. Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday.

Exhibit: Kansas University graduates of the metalsmithing/jewelry department Jim Connelly, Ron Hinton and Fred Scott, ongoing.

Southwest and More, 727 Mass., 843-0141. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday.

Exhibit: Susan McCarthy, oil pastels, ongoing.

Topiary Tree, 716 Mass., 842-1181.

Exhibit: Impressionist oil paintings by Joanie Whiteknight, ongoing.

Starbucks, 647 Mass., 832-0300.

Unity Art Gallery, 900 Madeline, 841-1447. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon Sunday.

Exhibit: Artwork by Van Go Mobile Art apprentices, through Jan. 6.

Vermont Street BBQ, 728 Mass., 856-4227.

Exhibit: “Kansas: Land, Water and Skyscapes,” photography by D.W. Gates, ongoing.

Wildcat Studio, 3320 Peterson Road, Suite 102A, 842-3154. Hours: by appointment.

Exhibit: Portraits, paintings and epic-size history paintings by Wayne Wildcat, ongoing.

Wink Eyewear, 806 Mass., 842-9465. Hours: Closed Monday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-4 p.m. Sunday.

Exhibit: Jennifer Bricker-Pugh, abstract-expressionist painter and Zane richards, photographer, ongoing.

Z’s Divine Espresso east, 1800 E. 23rd, Suite A, 842-7651.

Exhibit: Vicki Vohrmehr and Gail Youngquist, watercolors and graphite, western and motorcycle theme, through Jan. 4.

Z’s Divine Espresso downtown, 10 E. Ninth, Suite A, 843-3007.

Exhibit: Alexander Odood, mixed media, through Jan. 3.

Zen Zero, 811 Mass., 832-0001.

Exhibit: “On the Path Through the Craft,” lattice sculptures and framing by Terry Miller, ongoing.